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Characteristics of Professional HMDs, by Sensics
Sensics, makers of the renowned piSight HMDs has released a very interesting white paper called “Characteristics of Professional HMDs“. Here’s the introduction : As of July 2009, the perfect head mounted display (HMD) – the one providing exceptional…
Read More »VR with a single computer
If you think VR is complex and requires a good understanding of the hardware involved (among many other things) … you’re right. But, when you look closely, you don’t necessarily have to use a lot of computers to…
Read More »Cheap DIY HMD
What can I say ? That’s the future ! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyrjBMAa6xE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Read More »Twister Immersive AutoStereoscopic Display
Here’s an incredible display : Twister – Telexistence Wide-angle Immersive STEReoscope by the Tachi Lab (again!) (Via PinkTentacle via ImmersiveTech blog ) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHkArdCuaZU[/youtube] It’s somewhat big but very interesting and autostereoscopic around 360° !
Read More »3DUI Grand Prize – Extended deadline
Just a reminder that if you want to participate in the 3DUI Grand Prize you have until the end of the month to register !
Read More »GhostGlove – Haptic glove
(found through ImmersiveTechBlog) Building upon the concept of the Gravity Grabber, the Tachi Lab has created the Ghost Glove : [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QhWkYqT82s[/youtube] Here’s the video explaining the Gravity Grabber [article in pdf], which I have tested and works quite…
Read More »Immersion, Place Illusion and Plausibility
Mel Slater, guru of the concept of presence, has just released a paper explaining his theories about immersion and presence. (Warning: You really have to be wide awake to read it =) He is explaining the concepts of…
Read More »Making fun of AR
I just laughed so much when I saw this video.. It exactly summarizes the current state of AR for marketing: useless! Simply displaying an object is boring! Adding crappy animations is boring! Come on guys, be creative, add…
Read More »On the way to flat displays for caves
The guys behind the StarCave have created a new VR display using flat HDTV. From this Physorg article : The technology, dubbed “NexCAVE,” was inspired by Calit2’s StarCAVE virtual reality environment and designed and developed by Calit2 Research…
Read More »Ultrasonic haptics
The University of Tokyo has demonstrated at Siggraph an interesting haptics system where you can feel contact .. without any contact ! From the paper : “Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display [Iwamoto et al. 2008]†is a tactile display…
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